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Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to pay-per-view on Saturday with UFC 171 in Dallas, Texas. In the main event, Robbie Lawler takes on Johny Hendricks to determine the new UFC welterweight champion, after long-time king Georges St-Pierre relinquished his title and stepped away from the fight game. Taking a break from his fight preparations, Lawler went 1-on-1 with Postmedia News mixed-martial-arts reporter Dave Deibert, discussing beards, knockout punches and life after 30 …

POSTMEDIA: You’re clean shaven now but you’ve grown a pretty good beard in the past. Who would win a beard-growing contest: you or Johny?

LAWLER: Obviously, that’s his thing so I’m going to go ahead and let him have that title. When I grow it out, I just grow it out crazy. I just let it do its thing. When I’m down in Florida, you don’t want to have a beard. It’s too nice to have a beard. When I’m in Iowa and it’s cold, you want to have a beard to stay warm.

POSTMEDIA: When you wake up in the morning, what body part reminds you of what you do for a living?

LAWLER: It all depends. Sometimes it’s my back. Sometimes it’s my legs. Sometimes it’s my shoulders. It all depends on who was wrenching on me the day before.

POSTMEDIA: Valentine’s Day has recently come and gone. Publicly, anyway, you’re known as a quiet, reserved guy. But what have you done on Valentine’s Day that shows the soft side of Robbie Lawler?

LAWLER: I don’t really do that (laughs). But Valentine’s Day is actually my son’s birthday, so it is officially Glenn Thomas Lawler Day.

POSTMEDIA: If there’s such a thing as karma, what did you do as a kid that’s going to come back and haunt you now that you have a son of your own?

LAWLER: I hope my son’s like me. Anytime my son does something, or he’s trying to mess with me – he’s four now and he likes to mess around and play the bad guy – I enjoy it. I’m just like, it’s perfect. I want him to be who he wants to be. It doesn’t bother me at all. I hope he’s exactly like me.

POSTMEDIA: You made on ESPN Sportcenter’s top-10 highlight reel for your knockout of Bobby Voelker last summer. If you could make it on Sportscenter for another sport, what would it be?

POSTMEDIA: How much does their driving resemble you on a day-to-day basis?

LAWLER: It all depends. Most of the time, I’m just chillin’. But I do like to go fast.

POSTMEDIA: You’re about to turn 32. What does a good time look like now compared to when you were 22.

LAWLER: (Laughs) Oh, man. I never really did anything when I was turning 22 anyway. Just fricking worked out, ate food. Now maybe going out to a movie and if I’m down in Florida, maybe I go to the beach.

POSTMEDIA: You and Johny are two of the hardest hitters in MMA. When you land a knockout punch, what does it sound like to you?

LAWLER: I don’t hear it. I feel it. Usually when you land a really good shot, it’s like you just punched a paper bag. There’s not very much impact. It’s just like, Whoosh.